[applause] as you have figured out by now, i am joe biden, jill biden's husband. [applause] i am not kidding. i tell you what. i am proud of her. [applause] on behalf of our sun, the -- son, attorney general of delaware, he literally drove down from wilmington and was sitting in air force to as we were about to take off and he called me and said the governor just called in the national guard, i am going home. [laughter] so, he apologizes for not being here. he wanted to be with you. again, michael, thank you for the hospitality. i want to tell you, it is good to be in a state that is going to be represented by tim kaine. [cheers and applause] there is a decent, honorable man. that man has more integrity in his little finger than most people have in their whole body. i am a big fan, a big fan. i am also a fan of tom. where are you? talk about a stand-up guy. thank you for all your help during this campaign. folks, before we get started, i want to make a public-service announcement. here in virginia, you have absentee in person voting. that means if you are a commut